Wednesday Headlines:

Coalition to back One Nation’s foreign fighters bill
PM refuses to apologise over melons comment
Colombia quake death toll climbs above 200
RBA leaves door open to hikes after leaving rates on hold
Donald Trump signs executive order to reduce the number of childhood vaccines
New canine study reveals they're skilled in responding to human emotion

Deep Dive: Harry Potter fans this week had a major win. They managed to have critical infrastructure worth almost a billion dollars moved to protect a memorial for Dobby the house elf.

That critical infrastructure was a single undersea cable.

These cables rest in the ocean and are responsible for 95% of all internet and data traffic. Cat videos, financial transactions, email – all of it would disappear if these thin cables were cut.

In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Dean Veverka, the Chair of the International Cable Protection Committee, to learn who built this critical infrastructure, and who’s protecting the world’s undersea cables from threats and sabotage.

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